A Tribute to Seth Godin's Book Recommendations

“It’s not an accident that successful people read more books.”

Seth Godin is a marketing guy, a bestselling author, entrepreneur, agent of change, thought-leader and daily blogger. The books he has written consistently change the landscape of marketing and business. He believes that books remain the tool of choice for changing the discussion and for impacting the way people think – and he loves to recommend books to his fans.

His hugely popular, but irregular, reading list blog posts share an insight in to his thinking, and his book recommendations are always superb.

This site is a complete list of Seth Godin’s book recommendations. We’ve trawled up recommendations of over 300 books from Seth’s Blog, old Squidoo blog posts, his many interviews and the deepest corners of the internet. Find out more about this website.

"Anything You Want is a business book like no other. Derek Sivers built a business a different way, a human way. He did it with no investment and a series of apparently crazy principles. And they work. They worked for him and they might work for you. A brilliant book." Read more

"Milton Glaser does the work. Loudly and with pride and generosity, he has long led the way in thinking about the work and why it matters. This is mostly a portfolio, but the writing here will make you think." Read more

"Matt Ruff writes fun, compelling novels, and this one is far and away his best. It's a little bit of Fight Club, but told in a fascinating locked room interview style. Worth a think (or three)." Read more

"If you have a web site... don't wait even one minute before checking out: Call To Action: How to Improve Your Conversion Rate. The authors sent me a copy a few weeks ago, but I was too busy writing my ebook to read this. A shame, because I could have stolen countless ideas from them. It's filled with all the facts and details and case studies that I was far too lazy to include in my ebook.Despite the godawful cover, this book is an astonishing bargain. The book is straightforward and gives you direct, clear insight into what's wrong with your site and what to do about it. No fancy metaphors or engaging banter. Just the nuts and bolts and the facts to back them up.I can't conceive of a website that won't benefit from the ideas inside. Still reading this blog? Stop! Go check out this book." Read more

"What would happen if the next all hands meeting got cancelled and instead the organization had an all hands-on read instead?Here are more than twenty books you might want to read at work today. You and ten co-workers reading together... it might change everything" Read more